https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-rss/?orgId=108793&title=Department+News A selection of the latest research, academic, and other newsworthy developments at History of Medicine en-us Copyright 2026 Yale School of Medicine Thu, 14 May 2026 20:40:16 Z https://scienceclubforgirls.org/post/mentor-spotlight-how-ashley-cooper-is-bridging-science-care-and-community https://scienceclubforgirls.org/post/mentor-spotlight-how-ashley-cooper-is-bridging-science-care-and-community When Ashley Cooper leads a Science Club, she brings more than her background in neuroscience and anthropology. She brings care. She brings curiosity. And she brings a vision of science that is as much about empathy and connection as it is about data and discovery. Today, Ashley is a second-year PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale University, where she studies the history of psychiatry and examines how social realities, like stigma and structural barriers, intersect with scientific practice. Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:36:00 Z https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/11/nih-pandemic-miasma/684979/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/11/nih-pandemic-miasma/684979/ The NIH is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/upcoming-beaumont-medical-club-talk-a-history-of-postmortemmemorial-photography-and-its-place-in-modern-medicine/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/upcoming-beaumont-medical-club-talk-a-history-of-postmortemmemorial-photography-and-its-place-in-modern-medicine/ On November 6th The Beaumont Medical Club and the Medical Historical Library will host two back-to-back events showcasing the extraordinary 19th and 20th century postmortem photography collection of Dr. Stanley Burns, founder of the Burns Archive and an expert in the field of medical and postmortem photography in America. A reception to follow, open to all. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/explore-yjbm-september-2025-issue-history-of-medicine/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/explore-yjbm-september-2025-issue-history-of-medicine/ The September 2025 issue of the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine features articles on the history of medicine, an interdisciplinary approach to understanding medicine within the context of the past. Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:00:00 Z https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/new-lab-springs-to-life-as-a-community-activist-archive https://www.newhavenarts.org/arts-paper/articles/new-lab-springs-to-life-as-a-community-activist-archive A project that blends first-person narratives, public health, and documentary research, the lab seeks to “make local histories accessible outside the walls of the academy." Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/daniel-hosang-led-seminar-for-new-haven-public-schools-teachers/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/daniel-hosang-led-seminar-for-new-haven-public-schools-teachers/ Daniel HoSang, Professor of American Studies, served as a seminar leader for the 2025 program of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Established in 1978, the Teachers Institute offers seminars led by Yale faculty for K-12 teachers in New Haven Public Schools. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/elias-e-manuelidis-memorial-fund-research-grant-2024-2025/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/elias-e-manuelidis-memorial-fund-research-grant-2024-2025/ The Section of the History of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine invites applications for the annual Elias E. Manuelidis Memorial Fund Research Grant. This grant program is open to all Yale students, at all levels, in any school or department. It aims to support research in the History of Medicine with an emphasis on issues of discrimination and social justice. The deadline for applications is October 12, 2025. Mon, 18 Aug 2025 04:00:00 Z https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2507766 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2507766 On May 27, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced the removal of COVID-19 vaccines from the CDC recommended immunization schedules for healthy children and pregnant women. Professor Jason Schwartz writes about how this unprecedented change, bypassing traditional advisory processes, has created significant confusion and uncertainty in U.S. vaccination policy. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:00:00 Z https://news.yale.edu/2025/06/17/new-perspectives-intersection-sperm-health-and-reproductive-politics https://news.yale.edu/2025/06/17/new-perspectives-intersection-sperm-health-and-reproductive-politics In a new book co-edited by Yale sociologist Rene Almeling, experts from across several disciplines examine the relationship between sperm, health, and politics.  Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:00:00 Z https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/rfk-jr-maha-america-unhealthy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/rfk-jr-maha-america-unhealthy.html Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell. Mon, 13 Jan 2025 05:00:00 Z https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950386824000212 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950386824000212 Amber Khan, MD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry, and Michelle Conroy, MD, associate professor of psychiatry, are first and senior authors, respectively, of a paper in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Open Science, Education, and Practice that discusses implementation of a novel historically-informed health justice curriculum in the geriatric psychiatry fellowship program at Yale School of Medicine. Fri, 11 Oct 2024 04:00:00 Z https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/promoting-resilience-through-advisory-committee-immunization-practices https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/promoting-resilience-through-advisory-committee-immunization-practices The U.S. vaccine policy landscape is broader and changing more rapidly than at any point in its modern history, and those guiding it face a complex set of challenges to its continued success, YSPH Associate Professor Jason L. Schwartz says in this article in Health Affairs. Thu, 19 Sep 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-years-covid-flu-and-rsv-vaccines/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-this-years-covid-flu-and-rsv-vaccines/ New COVID-19 vaccines are now available at local pharmacies, health clinics, major retail outlets, and medical offices. Shots for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are also widely available, as is the latest updated flu vaccine. YSPH Associate Professor Jason Schwartz discusses this year's vaccines and why it is important to get vaccinated. Tue, 10 Sep 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/ayah-nuriddin-receives-the-2024-pressman-burroughs-wellcome-award/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/ayah-nuriddin-receives-the-2024-pressman-burroughs-wellcome-award/ The annual award was announced at the American Association for the History of Medicine Conference in May. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/fostering-equity-and-inclusion-in-infectious-diseases-at-yale/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/fostering-equity-and-inclusion-in-infectious-diseases-at-yale/ The Infectious Disease Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism Committee (ID2EA) was formed in March 2020 as a joint effort by faculty from the Yale Section of Infectious Diseases, the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, and faculty in Yale School of Medicine’s Section of the History of Medicine. ID2EA aims to take a multi-pronged approach towards incorporating a focus on equity and antiracism into the education and professional development initiatives within the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Infectious Diseases. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/medical-scarcity-a-tour/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/medical-scarcity-a-tour/ The Elias E. Manuelidis Lecture in the History of Medicine Monday, February 5th 4:30 PM The Medical Historical Library, 333 Cedar Street Tue, 23 Jan 2024 05:00:00 Z https://frankeprogram.yale.edu/event/beyond-human-meaning https://frankeprogram.yale.edu/event/beyond-human-meaning On January 25th, as part of The Franke Program in Science and the Humanities, History of Medicine Professor Joanna Radin will participate in a discussion with Gary Tomlinson about his new book, The Machines of Evolution and the Scope of Meaning. The talk will take place in the Humanities Quadrangle, Room 136 at 4:30 PM. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 05:00:00 Z https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/11/08/a-different-spirit-of-research-yale-clinic-seeks-to-unravel-the-mystery-of-long-covid/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/11/08/a-different-spirit-of-research-yale-clinic-seeks-to-unravel-the-mystery-of-long-covid/ Dr. Naomi Rogers spoke to the Yale Daily News about the similarities between post-polio syndrome, seen in some patients during the polio outbreaks in the mid-20th century, and long COVID today. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 05:00:00 Z https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/body-weight-a-lovehate-relationship/ https://medicine.yale.edu/ysm/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/body-weight-a-lovehate-relationship/ Body weight: A love/hate relationship Wed, 01 Nov 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/marco-ramos-on-ct-public-radios-show-where-we-live/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/marco-ramos-on-ct-public-radios-show-where-we-live/ Dr. Marco Ramos speaks with NPR about the harrowing history of eugenics, the role Yale played in developing this psuedoscience, and its many lingering "afterlives". Tue, 24 Oct 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/disability-futures-and-modern-epidemics/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/disability-futures-and-modern-epidemics/ October 23, 2023 at 4:30 PM Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/how-to-do-history-as-a-clinician/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/how-to-do-history-as-a-clinician/ Friday, October 20, 2023 12:00 - 1:30 PM EDT Via Zoom Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/the-possibilities-and-power-of-grief-when-enslaved-mothers-lose-children-and-enslavers-lose-capital/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/the-possibilities-and-power-of-grief-when-enslaved-mothers-lose-children-and-enslavers-lose-capital/ October 2, 2023 3:45 PM Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/more-than-pushing-pills-black-aids-activism-in-the-bay-area/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/more-than-pushing-pills-black-aids-activism-in-the-bay-area/ September 11, 2023 3:45 PM Tue, 29 Aug 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/the-elias-e-manuelidis-memorial-fund-research-grant-opportunity/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/the-elias-e-manuelidis-memorial-fund-research-grant-opportunity/ The Section of the History of Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine invites applications for the Elias E. Manuelidis Memorial Fund Research Grant. This is a program, open to all Yale students, to support research in the history of medicine with an emphasis on issues of discrimination and social justice. Application submission deadline is October 14, 2023. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:00:00 Z https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/9900/The_Long_Shadow__A_Historical_Perspective_on.429.aspx https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/9900/The_Long_Shadow__A_Historical_Perspective_on.429.aspx Nientara Anderson, MD, MHS, third-year resident, and Marco Ramos, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the history of medicine and psychiatry, are co-authors of a paper in Academic Medicine that explores the history of European racial science and medicine’s relationship to colonization and slavery and examines how this history impacts today’s medical learning environment. Tue, 23 May 2023 04:00:00 Z https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/04/17/inside-governor-ned-lamonts-bill-to-expand-maternal-healthcare/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/04/17/inside-governor-ned-lamonts-bill-to-expand-maternal-healthcare/ “I don’t think it’s just the hospital’s fault, but maybe it’s the current structure of care … with medical professionals and the way they treat women,” Rogers said. “Maybe rather than trying to deal with that, you just set up a different environment. You just build a new house.” Mon, 17 Apr 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/yale-hosts-the-57th-joint-atlantic-seminar-for-the-history-of-biology/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/yale-hosts-the-57th-joint-atlantic-seminar-for-the-history-of-biology/ The 57th Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Biology (JAS-Bio) Friday, April 14 through Saturday, April 15, 2023 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/towards-a-new-genealogy-of-eugenics-slavery-and-the-study-of-race-crossing/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/towards-a-new-genealogy-of-eugenics-slavery-and-the-study-of-race-crossing/ The Elias E. Manuelidis Lecture in the History of Medicine and Science March 27, 2023 4:30 p.m. Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/naomi-rogers-discusses-the-polio-vaccine-on-the-riches-and-power-podcast/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/naomi-rogers-discusses-the-polio-vaccine-on-the-riches-and-power-podcast/ Naomi Rogers speaks to Alex Doubet on his podcast about the historical significance of the development of the polio vaccine. Listen here. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/life-and-death-in-the-nursery-the-yale-new-haven-hospital-special-care-nursery-and-debates-in-bioethics/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/life-and-death-in-the-nursery-the-yale-new-haven-hospital-special-care-nursery-and-debates-in-bioethics/ The John P. McGovern Lecture in the History of Medicine and Science March 27, 2023 4:30 p.m. Johanna Schoen, Professor of History at Rutgers University, will offer a brief summary of the opening of the Yale-New Haven Special Care Nursery in 1960, the country’s first Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and place the history of the unit into the larger context of emerging neonatology and bioethical debates about when to treat severely ill infants, when not to treat, and how much influence to give parents in these decisions. The talk will take place on March 27th at 4:30 p.m. in the Medical Historical Library, 333 Cedar Street. This is an in-person only event. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/02/28/face-to-face-with-mortality/ https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/02/28/face-to-face-with-mortality/ Professor John Warner talks to the Yale Daily News about the history and ethics of anatomical dissection in medical schools. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/emph-faculty-spotlight-feb-2023/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/emph-faculty-spotlight-feb-2023/ Assistant Professor of Clinical Public Health at Yale School of Public Health, Laura Bothwell, is the EMPH Faculty Spotlight. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/mrs-medicine-doctors-wives-and-the-making-of-modern-american-health-care/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/mrs-medicine-doctors-wives-and-the-making-of-modern-american-health-care/ Kelly S. O’Donnell, PhD, Lecturer in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale and the 2019 National Library of Medicine Michael E. DeBakey Fellow, will offer the 7th annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine on September 21, 2023. Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/faculty-spotlight-jason-l-schwartz-teaching-the-richness-and-complexity-of-public-health/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/faculty-spotlight-jason-l-schwartz-teaching-the-richness-and-complexity-of-public-health/ The latest Faculty Spotlight shines on Jason L. Schwartz, an an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Yale School of Public Health, who teaches primarily about vaccines and vaccination policy. Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/2022-selma-and-karl-folkers-lecture/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/2022-selma-and-karl-folkers-lecture/ On the eve of the Annual MD-PhD Program Retreat, Dr. Carolyn Roberts, Assistant Professor of History, History of Science & Medicine and of African Studies at Yale University delivered the a mesmerizing and powerful lecture entitled "Challenging the Past and Charting a New Future: Legacies of Racism in Science and Medicine" examining the historical roots and contemporary manifestation of race and its impact on science and medicine. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:00:00 Z https://www.axios.com/2022/12/19/fda-meeting-covid-vaccine-future https://www.axios.com/2022/12/19/fda-meeting-covid-vaccine-future Food and Drug Administration advisers will hold a key meeting next month to discuss the state of the pandemic and whether COVID vaccines need to be modified again to better limit the fast-changing virus. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/racial-science-and-slavery-in-us-medical-schools-a-roundtable-discussion/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/racial-science-and-slavery-in-us-medical-schools-a-roundtable-discussion/ The Morris Dillard lecture, "Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools: A Roundtable Discussion", cosponsored by the Section of the History of Medicine and the Program for Humanities in Medicine, took place on November 30, 2022. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 04:00:00 Z https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/health-activism-and-community-control-american-medicine-in-the-1960s-and-1970s/ https://websites4-live-prod.ysmdevs.com/histmed/news-article/health-activism-and-community-control-american-medicine-in-the-1960s-and-1970s/ On March 2, 2023 Professor Naomi Rogers will give a lecture for The Heberden Society at Weill Cornell Medicine as part of their 2022-2023 Lecture Series. This hybrid event is free and open to the public. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:00:00 Z https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/127/2/664/6705100?login=true https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/127/2/664/6705100?login=true By Marco Ramos, Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine Mon, 19 Sep 2022 04:00:00 Z